IMAGE COURTESY SIMON DACK

I explore the canvas with paint and sponges, dyes and brushes : looking past the obvious, discovering beauty in unfamiliar places. Immersed in the boundaries of the canvas I begin to create a world within worlds.

There is no notion of beginning or end : just the story in transition that gradually unfolds in time. 

There are gates that open with light brush marks and delicacy: a revelation. Heavy laden sponges of paint open portals of darkness that construct patterns: a matrix.

Texture shapes forms and the narrative begins….

I paint in layers like a palimpsest. 

The first layer is the most superficial, literal interpretation : the final image. Hiding just beneath, the symbolic or allegorical second layer : look closely and you will see. Then comes the layer of the seeker, where comparative meaning can be drawn from : it’s a feeling. The final layer is the hidden layer, full of esoteric meaning : the connection. It is the essence of the work where I began, the seed that grew to the first layer. 

The cycle is complete.

IMAGE COURTESY ANDREW ROACH PHOTOGRAPHY